This page gathers the 524 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Electronics”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 5 of 5: from “shield” to “zombie finger”.
- shield noun A circuit board that can connect to an Arduino microcontroller and extend its capabilities.
- shielded twisted pair noun A pair of twisted wires which is surrounded by a metal shield in order to protect from EMI.
- single data rate noun A communication signaling technique that transfers data on either the rising edge or the falling edge of the clock signal.
- skew noun A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different…
- small appliance noun A portable or semiportable machine, generally used on tabletops, countertops or other platforms, to accomplish a household task.
- Small Scale Integration noun an integration type for digital circuits that contain transistors numbering in the tens providing a few logic gates per chip
- SMD noun Initialism of surface-mount(ed) device.
- smearer noun A circuit used to eliminate the overshoot of a pulse.
- SMF noun single-mode fibre; a type of an optical fibre which is designed to carry only a single ray of light.
- SNR noun signal-to-noise ratio
- soft error noun A type of transient error where a signal or datum is momentarily wrong, caused for example by an ionizing particle striking a chip.
- soft key noun A button, located along a display device, which performs whatever function is shown near it on the display.
- solder mask noun A thin lacquer-like layer of polymer that is usually applied to the copper traces of a printed circuit board for protection against…
- solder stop noun Synonym of solder mask.
- solenoid noun An electromechanical switch controlled by a solenoid; solenoid switch, relay.
- solid-state adj Of an electronic component, based upon semiconductors, as distinct from older technologies such as vacuum tubes.
- solid-state battery noun An electrical battery that uses a solid electrolyte to conduct ions between the electrodes, instead of the liquid or gel polymer…
- solion noun An electrochemical device of the 1950s, intended to replace the transistor in certain situations, and using ions rather than electrons to…
- source noun The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
- split-ring noun Either of a pair of concentric metallic rings with slits on opposite sides, used in split-ring resonators.
- spur noun A spurious tone, one that interferes with a signal in a circuit and is often masked underneath that signal.
- squegging noun An irregular oscillation characterised by short periods of oscillation punctuated by brief periods of quiescence.
- SRAM noun Static random access memory.
- stage noun The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
- standby noun Sleep mode.
- standby time noun The maximum amount of time in which a mobile phone can be continuously turned on and ready to communicate.
- Steiner point noun One vertex of a Steiner tree.
- sticky bit noun A fault in a digital circuit, where a signal does not change as expected, but remains always in one state.
- storage time noun The amount of time that an electronic device can store energy.
- storage tube noun A class of a cathode ray tube that is designed to hold an image for a long period of time, typically as long as power is supplied to the…
- STP noun Initialism of shielded twisted pair.
- strand noun A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
- strappable adj Able to be linked in series.
- strapper noun A wire that joins two light switches so that a light can be turned off or on from either switch.
- stripboard noun A type of prototyping board characterized by a ⅒″ regular rectangular grid of holes, with wide parallel strips of copper cladding running…
- stub noun A length of transmission line or waveguide that is connected at one end only.
- subswitch noun A simpler switch that is a component of a more complex switch, used in telephone exchanges or data routing.
- suicide battery noun A battery whose purpose is, in addition to powering an electronic device, making the powered device permanently unusable once the energy is…
- summator noun A logic circuit or other electronic device whose output is the sum of two or more input signals or values.
- supercharge noun An instance of supercharging.
- supercharger noun A device that can rapidly recharge a battery cell/pack.
- superheterodyne adj Pertaining to a technique used in radio and television receivers to tune to a particular frequency, or to receivers using such a technique.
- supernode noun In nodal analysis: a combination of two nodes which are connected by a voltage source, allowing for the voltage of the nodes to be solved…
- superregenerative adj Being a form of regenerative radio receiver that uses a second lower-frequency oscillation to provide single-device circuit gains
- suppress verb To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
- surface-conduction electron-emitter display noun a flat panel display technology that uses surface conduction electron emitters to provide electrons for every pixel. The electrons strike…
- surface-mount adj Of electronic components, able to be soldered on top of printed circuit boards.
- surface-mount technology noun A method in which the electrical components are mounted directly onto the surface of a printed circuit board.
- switcher noun A switchmode power supply.
- switchmode adj Being or relating to a power supply that incorporates a switching regulator to convert electrical power efficiently.
- synchronizer noun A kind of arbiter.
- synthesizer noun An electronic circuit that generates an electronic signal oscillation with accurate timing from a reference oscillator.
- syntony noun A condition in which two oscillators have the same resonant frequency.
- Sziklai pair noun A configuration of two bipolar transistors, similar to a Darlington pair but having one NPN and one PNP transistor.
- tape out verb To complete the design of an integrated circuit so that the photomask can be sent out for fabrication.
- tapeless adj Not using or requiring the medium of tape, such as audio or video tape.
- tapeout noun The point at which the design of an integrated circuit is completed and the photomask is sent out for fabrication.
- TEC noun Initialism of thermoelectric cooler: an electrical heat-transferring device which applies the Peltier effect.
- terminal noun The end of a line (wire, cable, etc) where signals or power are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where…
- terminator noun An electrical device that absorbs reflection at the end of a transmission line.
- tethered adj connected (especially a mobile phone to a computer, for use as a wireless modem)
- thermal design power noun The maximum amount of heat generated by a computer chip or component which the cooling system in a computer is designed to dissipate under…
- thermistor noun A resistor whose resistance varies rapidly and predictably with temperature and as a result can be used to measure temperature.
- thermopile noun An electronic device that converts thermal energy into electrical energy. Usually constructed using a series-combination of thermocouples
- thin film adj (of a circuit, electronic, etc.) Made with thin films deposited on a ceramic or glass substrate.
- through-hole technology noun Mounting scheme used for electronic components that involves the use of leads on the components that are inserted into holes drilled in…
- TIM noun Initialism of time interval meter.
- time alignment noun The process of delaying the sound emanating from one or more drivers in a loudspeaker or sound system to correct the transient response so…
- time stretch analog-to-digital converter noun A device for digitizing analog signals of very high bandwidth, effectively slowing down the original signal in time (or compressing its…
- time-aligned adj Of a sound system, in which the speakers are configured correctly to eliminate timing problems, so that the sound produced by each driver…
- time-domain reflectometer noun An electronic instrument used to determine the characteristics of electrical lines by observing reflected pulses.
- time-domain reflectometry noun A technique used to track faults in networks, such as cable breaks or loose connections, in which a pulse of a known shape is transmitted…
- time-varying adj Referring to any voltage of a varying time, current or an electromagnetic wave carrying information.
- toby box noun A box containing a service (fibre optic microducts, mains water, etc.) set into the street or verge for connection to a property, typically…
- tombstoning noun An unwanted effect in the manufacture of electronic circuit boards, in which a component stands up on end instead of lying flat.
- trace noun A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.
- transition time noun The amount of time required for the switch output to settle within a given percentage of the final value following a change in the control…
- travelling-wave tube noun A type of vacuum tube which amplifies electromagnetic signals, where the electron gun fires down the tube with an unmodulated electron…
- triac noun A three-terminal electronic component that conducts current in either direction when triggered; a bidirectional triode thyristor.
- triad noun On a CRT display, a group of three neighbouring phosphor dots, coloured green, red, and blue.
- trigger verb To activate; to become active.
- trimmer noun An adjustable electrical component.
- triode noun A thermionic valve containing an anode, a cathode, and a control grid; small changes to the charge on the grid control the flow from…
- trip out verb To break a circuit in response to an overload.
- tripler noun The simplest form of frequency multiplier, that has an output frequency of three times the value of the input frequency.
- tristated adj In a high-impedance state that is neither the high output state nor the low output state, and allows other devices to drive the bus without…
- true adj one of two states of a Boolean variable; logic 1.
- turn-by-turn navigation noun A feature of GPS devices, particularly smartphones, that continuously gives directions as the person or vehicle approaches navigation…
- turned on adj That has been switched on or placed in the on position.
- turret noun A tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes).
- tweeter noun An electronic speaker designed to produce high-frequency sound.
- twitter noun Unwanted flicker that occurs in interlaced displays when the image contains vertical detail that approaches the horizontal resolution of…
- ultra large scale integration noun An integration type for digital circuits that contain more than one million transistors providing hundreds of thousands of logic gates per…
- unclocked adj Not measured or regulated by a clock; asynchronous.
- unground verb To remove a connection to ground potential.
- ungrounded adj Not connected to ground potential
- unilateralization noun neutralization.
- unlooper noun A device used to break a smart card's microcontroller out of an infinite loop state that makes it otherwise unusable.
- upconversion noun Conversion of a lower radio frequency to a higher frequency, possibly using a mixer.
- UPS verb To connect a device to an uninterruptible power supply.
- UTP noun unshielded twisted pair — a type of cable used for computer networking and telecommunications
- vacuum tube noun A type of electron tube that controls electron current through vacuum between electrodes within a sealed container, usually of glass or…
- varistor noun An electronic component having a variable resistance; used to protect circuits against power surges.
- VCC noun Common Collector Voltage; the positive supply voltage for an integrated circuit containing bipolar junction transistors.
- vertical alignment noun A style of liquid crystal display (LCD) that is naturally stored in an upright vertical position, producing a black image until an…
- very large scale integration noun An integration type for digital circuits that contain hundreds of thousands of transistors providing hundreds of thousands of logic gates…
- via noun A small hole in a printed circuit board filled with metal which connects two or more layers.
- vinculum noun A horizontal line placed over a symbol or expression to denote logical negation (complement).
- VOC noun V_(OC): initialism of open-circuit voltage.
- voice coil noun A coil of wire attached to the apex of the cone of a loudspeaker that provides the motive force to the cone by the reaction of a magnetic…
- voltage divider noun A type of simple electronic circuit which reduces any input voltage by a fixed factor using sources of impedance (such as resistors)…
- voltage multiplier noun An electronic circuit that provides an output voltage higher than the input voltage, by means of capacitors and diodes.
- VSS symbol one of the power-supply pins on some integrated circuits
- wafer noun A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.
- wafer-scale integration noun A rarely-used system of building very large integrated circuit networks that use an entire silicon wafer to produce a single "super-chip".
- watchdog verb To be continuously reset by a watchdog timer.
- Weyl fermion noun A massless quasiparticle and fermion, which carries electric charge, and cannot move backwards, that may exist in Weyl semimetals, where an…
- white plague noun The white gold-aluminium intermetallic compound Au₅Al₂, which can be formed when gold and aluminium are heated in direct contact (for…
- window detector noun A special type of comparator which provides an indication of whether the input voltage is within a specified range.
- wiring harness noun A bundle of insulated wires, often held together with straps or other connectors, that transmit signals or electrical current within a…
- wordline noun An array of rows of memory cells in random access memory, used with the bitline to generate the address of each cell.
- yoke noun The electromagnetic coil that deflects the electron beam in a cathode ray tube.
- Zener diode noun A semiconductor junction device through which current flows normally in the forward direction, and in the reverse direction if a large…
- zombie finger noun The failure of a capacitive touch screen to sense the user's fingertip, due to dry skin, calluses, cold weather, etc.